REVIEW: Whiteout - Gabriel Dylan*

Title: Whiteout*
Author: Gabriel Dylan
Series: Red Eye
Publisher: Stripes Publishing
Format: E-Book
Pages: 384 Pages
Release Date: 25th December 2018 (EBOOK)
                       10th January 2019 (PAPERBACK)
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

*RECEIVED FROM NETGALLEY FOR AN HONEST REVIEW*

Goodreads Blurb

‘She sat us all down and told us a story. About things that lived in the woods. Things that only came out at night.’

For Charlie, a school ski trip is a perfect escape from his unhappy home life. Until a storm blows in and the resort town is cut off from the rest of the world. Trapped on the mountain, the students wait for the blizzards to pass, along with mysterious ski guide Hanna. 

But as night falls and the town’s long-buried secrets begin to surface, the storm is the least of their problems….

Thoughts

I love the Red Eye horror series of books, I think they are fantastic, so when I saw this on NetGalley for review, that was me sold.

The story follows Charlie, who is at a ski resort with his school, from what we can gather Charlie has not got the greatest home life and really does not want to go home. On arriving back at the lodge, the next morning blood is found by one of the students and on the night they are all attacked.

I found this to be a well-evolved story and found myself liking the twists within the story. This is Gabriel Dylan's first novel, and he has done himself proud, you are kept on the edge of your seat, trying to figure out what these creatures are, and wondering who is going to survive.

I loved that you were kept on the edge of your seat and that you really didn't know who was going to make it out of the situation alive. I did love Charlie, as a character, you found out his backstory, and that he was trying to make his father proud of him. I also liked Hanna, I thought she was such a strong character, and she was going to go down fighting.

I will admit the twist with Poppy, I did see that coming, and you don't get a full explanation near the end (these were why it lost a star), but it was a great story, and that epilogue, I really didn't expect that but then in hindsight thinking about it now it should have been obvious.

Overall a really great story, especially for Halloween or even the winter months. The book is released in EBook format on the 25th Dec 2018, and Paperback on the 10th Jan 2019, I will be picking up a paperback copy.